Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a traditional North American holiday, where people thank for their possessions at the end of a harvest season. Every year, it is celebrated on 4th Thursday of November which makes it a 4 day long weekend break for everyone in schools, colleges and offices. I was fortunate to be a part of this American festival this year. The main attraction of this festival is the celebrations with thanksgiving dinner, where people invite family and friends and treat them with turkey, wine, cakes and all sorts of delicacies. I did not go to any such dinner, but my group of Indian friends got together to celebrate the occasion with some desi food and wine. Dinner was followed by some games with cards. I learned a new game called "Poker". Its addictive and quite interesting. By the time we realized that it was time to pack up, the clock had already struck 3 AM. It was pointless to sleep after that, because we had all decided to go out at 5 AM to throng upon the thanksgiving sales. So, while my friends caught up on a horror English movie, I surfed all the possible websites to check for the online deals. Soon it was 5 AM and we wrapped ourselves in 3 layers of clothing as a protection against the -5 degrees temperature.

People go crazy for the thanksgiving sales. They line up in front of the shops for buying electronic items from a night before. Our first stop was at Best Buy. There was a swarm of people in the store buying everything and anything. Some of the things were bought simply because they were cheap. They had no idea as to what use they would put that to. Other stores we visited were Staples, Target, Sears, Old Navy, Aeropostale etc etc. I bought most of my electronic stuff online - 2 Camera's Canon SD1000, a 4GB Sansa, a 2GB Sansa, two 2GB SD memory Cards. I got pretty good deals on all these items and so I was satisfied ! Overall, I would say, it was a unique and exciting experience !!